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Description: Detection by the WSR-88D radar (NEXRAD) two mesocyclones with a supercell passing over Northern Michigan July 3rd, 1999 at 23:41 UTC. Thin yellow circles represent incipient or weak 3D vortex detections, Thick yellow and red circle represents a 3D vortex which has been classified as a mesocyclone, with its base detected at the 0.5 degree elevation sweep of the volume scan. A tornado and associated mesocyclone are seen while to the east a larger area of rotation has developed.
Title: Radar-algorithme eng
Credit: Image from Case Study - 03 July 1999 Northern Michigan by the National Severe Storm Laboratory
Author: Greg Stumpf, Pat Burke, Christina Hannon and Valerie McCoy of NSSL
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